Applies to Windows 7

Try using the Recording Audio troubleshooter to fix common problems with audio hardware and settings, and then try to record audio again in Sound Recorder. For more information about recording audio in Sound Recorder, see Record audio with Sound Recorder.

Open the Recording Audio troubleshooter by clicking the Start button , and then clicking Control Panel. In the search box, type troubleshooter, and then click Troubleshooting. Under Hardware and Sound, click Troubleshoot audio recording. If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

You can connect another audio or video device, such as a VCR, analog video camera, cassette tape deck, or CD or DVD player, to the Line In jack on your sound card. After that, you can record the audio from that device on your computer by using Sound Recorder.

Microphone, line-in, and line-out jacks on a typical desktop computer

To change the line input that is used for recording audio

Take the end of an RCA cable with a single 3.5mm stereo mini-jack and plug it into the Line In jack (which is often blue) on the sound card installed on your computer.

If the RCA cable has red and white RCA connectors on both ends, you need to connect the red and white RCA connectors on one end to a single 3.5mm stereo mini-jack adapter, and then plug the stereo mini-jack adapter into the Line In on your sound card.

Connect the red and white RCA connectors on the other end to the Line Out red and white RCA jacks on the audio or video device.

Open Sound by clicking the Start button , and then clicking Control Panel. In the search box, type sound, and then click Sound.

Click the Recording tab.

Click Line In or the name of another line input or device that you want to use, and then click Set Default.

Click Properties, click the Levels tab, move the volume slider to the right to increase the recording volume, and then click OK.

In the Sound dialog box, click OK.

Open Sound Recorder by clicking the Start button . In the search box, type Sound Recorder, and then, in the list of results, click Sound Recorder.

To record the audio, click Start Recording.

On the audio or video device, press Play to begin playing the audio that you want to record.

When you want to stop recording audio, click Stop Recording, and then press Stop on the device.

Enter a file name for the recorded audio file, and then click Save.

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